Out grocery shopping this morning I remembered that the new music school I'd been thinking of was somewhere in that neighborhood so I wandered around and found it. They weren't open (for the day) yet but they let me in to nose around and ask questions.
I was pretty impressed with their set up -- but I don't really have anything to compare it to.
They recommended a their fundementals course before beginning private lessons. Here's what they say about the fundementals course:
Quote:Forte Fundamentals
We recommend that students start with Forte Fundamentals before taking private lessons. This class is designed to give students a fun and thorough introduction to their music studies - whatever instrument they move into next.
Students will play musical games, try out different instruments, sing and compose their own music. While we will make sure they have lots of fun, the main function of Forte Fundamentals is to establish a strong rhythmical base for their future learning. Students will work to solidify their rhtymical feel and accuracy. They also will begin reading and writing using standard rhythmic notation. Later in the class, students will learning the music alphabet and how to play a songs together with various instruments.
Students that begin with Forte Fundamentals will enter their lesson "with their feet running." Give them a strong start by enrolling for 1 - 2 terms before moving into studying a specific instrument.
This 9 week class costs $135.00
They offer 18 week sessions of private lessons (30 minutes) for $498.00. I thought this sounded kind of expensive until I did the math and found that it was only $27 per lesson. Most private lessons I looked at were between 35-45 per.
Here is the schools site:
www.fortemusicschool.com.
I would love to hear what you experienced musicians think about it.
By the way - the next fundementals class starts tomorrow or Thursday depending on which day you pick.
